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National Book Awards
The Circle has given the National Book Awards to the best books written, designed, and published in the Philippines every year since 1982.
(Manila Critics Circle)
Founded in 1981, the Manila Critics Circle, Inc., is a non-profit, non-stock organization of professional literacy critics and newspaper columnists who believe that Philippine books deserve much more attention than they usually get from business, media, and the general public. Aside from giving the annual National Book Awards, the Circle has held an ASEAN-wide literary contest (in cooperation with Filipinas Foundation), participated in the nomination process for National Artist awards, joined National Book Week exhibits, prepared various position papers on literary publishing, and sat in the National Book Development Board. |
2008
 Publisher of the Year
The Gods We Worship Live Next Door (Poetry)
Afro-Asia in Upheaval (Biography / Autobiography)
SineGabay (Professions)
Café by the Ruins (Leisure)
The Shared Voice (Arts) |
2007
Maria Kalaw Katigbak (Biography)
Tongues on Fire (Essay)
The Rulemakers (Journalism) |
2006
Publisher of the Year
The Manila We Knew
(Anthology)
Beyond the Great Wall (Biography / Autobiography)
Bad Kings (Children's Literature)
The Governor-General's Kitchen (Cookbooks and Food & Best Design)
Potluck (Cookbooks and Food)
Maligayang Pagdating sa Sitio Catacutan 1 (Short Fiction)
Malagim ang Gabi sa Sitio Catacutan 2 (Short Fiction)
Pacific Storm (Sports)
Banyaga (Juan C. Laya Award for Best Novel in a Foreign Language)
Jupiter Effect (Juan C. Laya Award for Best Novel in a Foreign Language) |
2005
Publisher of the Year
Huling Ptyk
(Special Interest)
Making Documentaries in the Philippines (Film)
Pagsubok sa Ilang (Theology & Religion)
Setting Frameworks (Business and Economics)
Slow Food (Cookbooks and Food)
The Truth about Coconut Oil: The Drugstore in a Bottle (Health and Medicine)
White Elephants (Short Fiction) |
2004
Erick Slumbook (Biography/Autobiography)
The Adobo Book (Cookbooks and Food)
Kulturang Popular Series (Special Citation)
 Kulturang Mall
Disaster, Droga, at Skin Whitener
Si Darna, Ang Mahal na Birhen ng Peñafrancia, at si Pepsi Paloma
Ang Bago, Bawal, at Kasalukuyan
Paghahanap ng Virtual na Identidad
Lalaking Pin-Up, GRO, at Macho Dancer
Helping Our Children Do Well in School (Education)
10 Successful Strategies from the Parents' Best Practices Study of the Ateneo de Manila High School
A Companion Manual to Helping Our Children Do Well in School (Education)
10 Successful Strategies from the Parents' Best Practices Study of the Ateneo de Manila High School
Pinoy Jazz Traditions (Music)
Lola Basyang Series (Special Citation)
Rosamistika
Ang Parusa ng Duwende
Ang Alamat ng Lamok
Ang Plautin ni Periking |
2003
Daisy Nueve (Fiction)
Judgment Proof (Law)
Porn Again (Essay)
Consuming Passions (Anthology and Best Design)
Comfort Food (Cookbook and Food)
Fishes of the Philippines (Science) |
2002
From This Day Forward (Anthology)
Memoirs of a Communist (Autobiography)
Kape (Cookbook)
Testament and
Other Stories (Fiction)
The Tayabas Chronicles (Translation) |
2001
A Cultural Worker’s
First Manual (Reference)
Bearers
of Benevolence: The Thomasites and Public Education in the Philippines
(History)
Edsa 2: A Nation in
Revolt (Photojournalism)
Cabinet of Wonders (Travel)
Letras y Figuras: Business
in Culture, Culture in Business (Essay)
Riding Towards the
Sunrise (Travel)
Spiritual Register:
The News Columns of Teodoro M. Kalaw 1926-27 (Translation)
Street-Bound: Manila on
Foot (Design)
Pinoy
Classic Cuisine Series (Special Award)
The Fall of Joseph
Estrada (Journalism)
The Law on Annulment
of Marriage (Law)
To Suffer Thy Comrades (Social Science)
Tribute: An
Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Fiction (Anthology) |
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2000
Publisher of the Year
Edad Medya
(Literary Criticism)
Intsik: An Anthology Of
Chinese Filipino Writing (Anthology)
Lina Flor: Collected
Works (Editing)
Philippine
Ecodestinations (Travel)
Public Faces, Private
Lives (Journalism)
Richard Gomez At Ang Mito
Ng Pagkalalake, Sharon Cuneta At Ang Perpetwal Na Birhen At Iba Pang
Sanaysay Ukol Sa Bida Sa Pelikula Bilang Kultural Na Texto (Film
Criticism)
Teacher To Tycoon:
The Life And Times Of Trinidad Diaz Enriquez (Biography)
The
Best of A. Lipin (Cartoons)
Waking Ice
(Poetry)
Why I Travel and Other
Essays by Fourteen Women (Travel) |
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1999
Publisher of the Year
Catch a Falling Star
(Fiction)
Drama,
Humor And Controversy Surrounding Actual Cases (Medicine)
Islander: Travel Tales
(Travel)
Lamesa: The Filipino Table
(Art)
Living With The
Enemy: A Diary Of The Japanese Occupation (Biography)
Personal: Mga
Sanaysay Sa Lupalop Ng Gunita (Essay)
The Healing Cut:
Filipino Surgeons Write About The Human
Drama, Humor And Controversy Surrounding Actual Cases |
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1998
Publisher of the Year
America’s Boy: The
Marcoses and the Philippines (Social Sciences)
Beyond Life
Sentences (Poetry)
Lassitude
And Other Stories (Fiction)
Love In
The Time Of Camera (Essay)
Mens Rea And
Other Stories (Fiction)
Straight Talk On
Everyday Mysteries (Sciences)
Two For The Road
(Travel) |
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1997
Beyond The Mainstream: The
Films Of Nick Deocampo (Screenplay)
Coming
Home (Essay)
Entertaining
With Ease: Etiquette And Protocol For The Modern Filipino (Special
Interest)
Pinoy Nga! (Cartoons)
Rizal
In Our Time: Essays In Interpretations (Literary Criticism) |
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1996
Kuwadro
Numero Uno (Poetry)
Letters (Special
Award)
Prosang
Itim (Poetry)
The
Novel Of Justice (Essay) |
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1995
Publisher of the Year
A Passionate Patience
(Anthology)
Treasury
Of Stories (Children’s Literature)
Twisted (Essay) |
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1994
Breaking
Through (History)
Coming to Terms
(Anthology)
La
Orosa: The Dance Drama That Is Leonor Goquingco (Biography)
Nudes
(Poetry) |
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1993
A
Calendar Of Rizaliana In The Vault Of The Philippine National Library
(Bibliography)
A Trick
Of Mirrors (Poetry)
Likhang
Dila, Likhang Diwa (Poetry)
Nasa Puso Ang Amerika
(Translation)
Pasquinades
(Essay)
Pinoy
Forever (Essay) |
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1992
Bagay-Bagay
(Poetry)
Cartography
(Poetry)
Earth,
Fire & Air: Essays Of A Decade (Essay)
Forbidden
Fruit: Women Write The Erotic (Anthology)
Inumang
Pinoy (Essay)
Killing Time
In A Warm Place (Fiction)
Kritisismo
(Literary Criticism)
Makamisa: The Search
For Rizal’s Third Novel (Literary History)
Pagsalunga:
Piniling Kuwento At Sanaysay (Fiction) |
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1991
Publisher of the Year
Decimal
Places (Poetry)
How Do
You Know Your Pearls Are Real? (Essay)
Laro Sa
Baga (Fiction)
Sa
Daigdig Ng Kontradiksiyon: Mga Saling-Wika (Translation)
Wandering
Roots/From The Hothouse (Poetry) |
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1990
Publisher of the Year
Flowers
from the Rubble (Essay)
Rizal Without the
Overcoat (Essay)
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Gintong Aklat Awards
(Book Development Association ofthe Philippines)
The prestigious Gintong Aklat Awards, established in 1981, are given out regularly to outstanding book publishers based on the quality of books they produce year after year. Managed by the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), the Awards are meant to recognize excellence in bookmaking in the country today. |
2008
Potluck:Hidalgo Family Cookbook
Pinoy Dressing:Wearing Culture into Fashion |
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2006
Ang Hayop Na Ito
Banana Heart Summer
The Truth About Coconut Oil: The Drugstore in a Bottle
Barako: The Big Bean |
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2002
Asya: Lupang Biyaya
Filipinos
Writing: Philippine Literature from the Regions
Skin in the Tropics
The Fall of Joseph
Estrada |
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2000
Jalan-Jalan:
A Journey Through EAGA |
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1998
Primed
Tikim: Essays on
Philippine Food and Culture |
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